When oil prices fluctuate globally, the BAF is imposed to basic ocean freight to stabilize the cost of freight. BAF has derived from the term bunker (fuel storage containers). Such surcharge is added up on the ocean freight by shipping companies to supplement fuel factor costs and termed as BAF.
Popular Answers. 1  A phase, or state of matter, is a domain within a many-body system within which relevant physical properties are uniform. Relevant properties may include chemical composition, stoichiometry, and density, which do not reflect how the components are arranged in space.
phase (fÄz) noun any of the recurrent stages of variation in the illumination and apparent shape of a moon or a planet any of the stages or forms in any series or cycle of changes, as in development any of the ways in which something may be observed, considered, or presented; aspect; side; part a problem with many phases Chem. a solid, liquid, or ...